Survival Mentality articles

If you grew up during the Cold War and particularly in an area that was a target of any of the major players, especially for children, the prospect of a nuclear war was real and scary. With the fall of the Soviet Union, that fear was largely forgotten, until recent events. Now with countries like…

We can find tips for survival everywhere. If you take a good look through YouTube, Twitter or even Facebook you can find numerous videos and articles about prepping, homesteading and camping. But who knew you could find survival tips from one of the most popular movie franchises in film-making history?! Mostly everyone loves Star Wars…

With the release of Ted Koppel’s book “Lights Out,” which details how vulnerable our grid is to a cyber attack and potentially weeks, even months of power disruptions, being survival oriented is suddenly becoming the “new thing.” For those of us who have always believed in being prepared for SHTF moments or survival situations, this…

Being prepared for a survival situation is more than just running to the store and buying a bunch of food and survival gear and then shoving it in a closet until you need it. The essence of preparation is getting what you need and storing it in a manner that you can use it when…

In theory, it sounds like a terrific plan. When the grid goes down, when gasoline is going for a hundred dollars a gallon, when there are no mechanics to be found, we will have bikes to ride! Granted, unless you are an experienced rider, long distances will be a challenge but at least you will…

In any invested community – be it politics, sports, the Kardashians – you name it, one of the toughest things to do is take a position that rubs against the grain. Unless you enjoy looking for confrontation, which most do not, even if they have no problem defending their position, speaking out can be a…

In case you did not have enough to worry about and prepare for, you need to think about what will happen after a survival situation hits and how you would handle daily life in the aftermath. Like it or not, most survival situations do not immediately return to normal as soon as the immediate crisis…

Because one never knows when or where an emergency can happen, it is important that you and your family practice basic drills to ensure each one of your family members knows their responsibilities. Just like in sports or theater or pretty much anything that requires on-demand performances, the more you practice, the better the chances…

News journalist Ted Koppel recently recommended preparing for a survival moment. Jamie Lee Curtis, the actress, has done so for the Red Cross. Even the US federal government has recommended that everyone have a survival kit and food stockpile that can allow you to make it through several days without power, water, sewage, etc. The…

Living aboard a small sail boat and tackling the vastness of the ocean is about as good as it gets in terms of quality of life and as challenging as it gets in terms of self-sufficiency. There are a million things that can go wrong, relatively few that can go right and your margin of…

The purpose of a “bug-out” bag and plan, is to have a ready-made kit and quickly implemented strategy that gets you to a refuge as quickly and safely as possible. While we always focus on what needs to be in a bug-out bag, most of us do not give a lot of thought to…

Camouflage is a gift that allows animals, plants, people, fish, you name it, to avoid predators. The better you blend in with your surroundings and the harder it is to spot you, the greater your chances are of going undetected. You will also have a better chance at remaining remain safe. In a life of…

Sometimes the smartest survival skills you can possess are knowing what not to do or in this case, what not to wear. In a civil emergency, survival situation or SHTF moment, not sticking out or blending into your surroundings is almost as important as any other skills you have. Civil authorities and desperate, unprepared people…

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